Colwyn
04-09-2006, 08:48 PM
SOE Fan Faire Blog - Part Two on MMORPG.COM (http://www.mmorpg.com/gamelist.cfm?gameId=2&setView=features&loadFeature=559&fp=1440,900,1144629042573,20060409203042)
Another of the sessions, titled “The Future of EverQuest II”, in that particular session, one of the questions that was asked addressed the current issue that they have in the game with Bots. ...It is an issue that the developers are more than aware of, and there are plans in effect to help with the issue. We were told that their current goal was 1 bot ring every day. It was bounced around that there is a perception that Sony (and most other companies as well) don’t really care about the bots in the game, as “it’s all a subscription fee”. The developers were quick to give us their philosophy on that situation:
“Happy players are the number 1 way of getting new players”, we were told. The logic of this is fairly sound. In MMORPGs, community reigns. Friends tell friends, and a game grows. They say that it is worth it to them to get rid of a bunch of bots to keep even one player happy, because that player is likely to bring more, and, if you tell two friends, and they tell two friends… You can see where I’m going with this.
Source: Blue's News (http://www.bluesnews.com/)
Another of the sessions, titled “The Future of EverQuest II”, in that particular session, one of the questions that was asked addressed the current issue that they have in the game with Bots. ...It is an issue that the developers are more than aware of, and there are plans in effect to help with the issue. We were told that their current goal was 1 bot ring every day. It was bounced around that there is a perception that Sony (and most other companies as well) don’t really care about the bots in the game, as “it’s all a subscription fee”. The developers were quick to give us their philosophy on that situation:
“Happy players are the number 1 way of getting new players”, we were told. The logic of this is fairly sound. In MMORPGs, community reigns. Friends tell friends, and a game grows. They say that it is worth it to them to get rid of a bunch of bots to keep even one player happy, because that player is likely to bring more, and, if you tell two friends, and they tell two friends… You can see where I’m going with this.
Source: Blue's News (http://www.bluesnews.com/)